Hardware Engineer

Embedded Hardware Engineer

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Role Overview Description

About Us

Living Things is at the forefront of driving the net-zero journey through cutting-edge IoT solutions. We help businesses optimize energy consumption, reduce carbon footprints, and embrace sustainabilitystarting with smarter air conditioning. Our scalable IoT platform has already impacted thousands of installations, and were just getting started.

Role Overview

We’re looking for a Senior Embedded Hardware Engineer with deep expertise in IoT hardware design and high-scale production, who has personally taken a product from concept to 100,000+ units in production. You'll lead the design, development, and optimization of embedded hardware systems for our IoT solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect and design embedded hardware systems using ESP32, EC200U, LoRa, Bluetooth, and battery-powered architectures.
• Lead schematic design, component selection, PCB layout review, and BOM optimization for scalable production.
• Integrate and validate energy metering (E-metering) components and battery management systems.
• Work closely with firmware, mechanical, and production teams to ensure design-for-manufacture (DFM) and design-for-test (DFT) principles.
• Own the complete lifecycle: prototype field trials certification mass production (100k+ units).
• Collaborate with manufacturing partners to manage production, testing, and QA.
• Drive continuous improvement in hardware cost, reliability, and performance.
  

Must-Have Qualifications:

• 6+ years of experience in embedded hardware design for IoT products.
• Strong expertise with ESP32, Quectel EC200U, LoRa, Bluetooth, and low-power designs.
• Hands-on experience with E-metering, power management, and battery-operated systems.
• Proven track record of end-to-end product development and scale-up to 100,000+ units.
• Experience in certification processes (CE, RoHS, etc.) and testing procedures.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and familiarity with field issues during scale.
  

Preferred

• Experience with firmware/driver integration and hardware bring-up.
• Familiarity with production testing jigs, factory setups, and QA processes.
• Passionate about energy efficiency, sustainability, and smart devices.
  

Why Join Us?

• Build impactful IoT products deployed at national scale.
• Work with a passionate, fast-moving team driving energy innovation.
• Ownership of hardware design decisions.
• Opportunity to lead and mentor junior engineers as we scale.

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